Toy cannon.



J. I). KILGORE. TOY CANNON.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.13, 1912.

1,0 ,6 7, Patented July 29, 1913 JOSEPH D. KILGORE, OF HOMESTEAD,PENNSYLVANIA.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH l). Kinoonn,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Homestead, in the county ofAllegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Toy Cannons, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a toy\ cannon containing mechanism forexploding what are known as paper caps; and has for its object toprovide a simple, harmless and attractive toy of this type containingsuitable mechanism for successively movinginto firing position andexploding by the same operation small charges of fulminate mounted atregi'llar intervals on a long strip of paper, the whole foijining arepeating cannon which may be actuated equally well by hand or foot.

lVith this and other objects in View, the invention consists of thenovel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinatterdescriber and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich Figure 1 is a side elevation of the toy cannon complete. Fig. 2 isa top' plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is an elevation with one of thesides removed. Fig. 4 is a similar view with the firing mechanism in adifferent position. Fig. 5 is a sectional detail view taken on. the line5 of Fig. 3, looking downward. Figs. 6 and 7 are perspective views ofactuating dogs .or*pawls forming a part of the invention. Figs. 8 and 9are views of blanks from Whieh'the respective pawls or dogs are made.

The casing of the toy comprises a hollow shell made in imitation of theshape of a gun a and its mount 6, said shell being formed of two similarhalves A, B, joined together in the vertical longitudinal center of thetoy' by means of a transverse pin 10' riveted or otherwise secured onthe outside of the mount. If desired, a second pin indicated at 10 bydotted lines may be used to further connect the two parts of the easing.

casing are preferably made ofcastmetal, the meeting edges of which arenotched to Specification of Letters Patent.

The halves or sections A, B, of the Patented July 29, 1913.

Application filed November 13, 1912. Serial No. 731,230.

form slots 11 and 12 when the sections are joined together for theentrance and eXit of a continuous fulminate strip G into and" from achamber 13-) formed by the hollow mount Z). Atthe rear of the bore. 14.-of the cannon is a partition 15 forming aifiring abutment, saidpartition beingcontinuous with the front 16 of the mount Z) which servesin the present instance as a feeding wall for the fulminate strip. Theslot 11 is formed through this wall 16, as shown in Fig. 3. Thepartition or firing abutment 15 may be cast partly on each section orhalf, A, B, of thecasing, or if desired wholly on one section but madesufliciently large to project into the other section when the two arejoined together to form the 021s ing. In the latter case the firing faceof the abutment will be unbroken and perfectly smooth.

Within the chamber 13 isa hammer 17 made: preferably of cast metal withpintles 1S integral therewith that are mounted pivotally in holes 19formed in the sections A, The hammer 17 'has a head 20 on its upper endarranged to strike against the abutment and explode the fulminate, whileon the opposite side of the axis of the pintles 18 are two spaced lips21 and 22 between which is an angular projection 28, the use of whichparts will be described later.

Below the hammer 17 is an actuating lever 24 pivotally mountedintermediate its ends on the pin 10, one end of which lever projectsoutwardly through a slot 25 in the rear of the wall of the mount 7) andis provided with an enlargement 26 on which the hand or foot is placedwhen it is desired to fire the cannon. The inner end of the lever has astud 27 projecting from one side, and a similar stud 28 projecting fromthe opposite side to form pivots for twopawls bear against the lip 22 onthe hammer for actuating said hammer.

The pawls or dogs 29 and 30 are each made, preferably and for the sakeof economy, of sheet metal blanks similar to Figs.

' 9, from the metal sften sent into shape. The dog 29 is made from blanksimilar to (Z, 9 having;

' ent at one end perl' tecl at '1. over the stud 27 on the 'ver nrpe' eci the dog 29 is provided c at a ri 'ht angle ell and l6, thefulT-"inate strip C is upwardly "ti-the hammer 35 is formed by bendingprojecting latterly from the right angle to said blank The lso aretaining 36 below formed by bending the lug f, a, half circle.

i tllelever A plate 39 pro *lzt anglc to the dog 30 from its c4 ofengzlginq' the lip 21 on the etmctin when the outer lever 1s mpresserl.Extending clowns/ac from the lnlargemenl; 57 is a linger e ncvil itturned. in portion $0 peridicularly thereto through which ".urned. ahole: #10. The clog and its mpanying parts is made from a blank 51, 8,having projection h which when 1 farms the plate 39, and an extensicnwhich forms the finger l0 and its bent pot-- tion Oi A. spring il holdsthe clog or pawl 29 against the feeding Wall and also the dog 36 inengagement with the lip 21. This spring has one of its ends connected tothc log by passing through the hole ll-O in the bent encl of the linger4.0, the opposite end of said spring bearing against the re mininglinger on the clog 29, the spring acing curved around and under the dogas shown.

To operate the invention, a. fulminute strip is passed through the slot11, up the feeding Wall '16 and firing abutment 15 to the hammer, thelug or plate pressing against- Sltiil strip as shown in Fig. 3. ll nowthe hand 01' foot lie-placed upon the outer end of the lever 34% and.pressed down- W, 1(ll V the inner end of said lever rising, lifts thedogs 29 and 30 as is evident, the (log 29 feeding upward the fulmimitestrip, "While "the dog" 30 engaging lipfQl of the hammer retracts thesame thereby compressing the main spring 32. hen the hammer has beenretracted sufficiently far to deliver a blow against the firing abutmentwith force enough to explode the fulminate, the dog or pawl 30 isdisengaged from the lip 21 so that the hammer may fall. This is done bythe angular projection 23 on the hammer which moves in a forwarddirection as the upper end of the hammer T- (meted and wlicn thelinmu'urr reziclics the point described, the projection will lie inContact with the dc 30 and lcrtluuf mow-1 ment of the lever muscs saidpmicction 23 lo push the dog out of en gcment with the lip E31 and tinlimnmer which falls upon the ful strip and producc. llc eiqjlusicn, l-isure on the iEJQl 2 new rumored to permit the lever to return to normalposition under the influence the main spring 353. This movement of thelover lowers the dogs 29 and 30 sullicientiy far to permit the (log 20engaging the fuln'iinatc strip to feed another cl ,lrgc to thefiringabutment, and the (log: 2'50 to sprii' past the outer edge of thelip 21 into eugug; merit therewith. The toy is now in position for asecond. firing and this action may be kept up as long as the fulmiuatcstrips lust.

l'lzi'x ing thus described my invention what I claim is:

1. A. toy cannon :lcrmcd with :r cimmber d mm 7 Il'Bllll. w" wall and alirli fill. c iluiued t 1H at the 'lront vavrclly tlu'ougli the mount inms lion. in lic actuated. by the hand or foot, :1 feeding dog and ahammer retracting dog pivoted on ills inner end of the actuatinc; lover,a 11min spring for the lmnnner an l the actuating; lever, and a secondsol-in; lor the two dogs.

A toy cannon fOlll'lGCl with a. chambered mount, the front side or whichcnarnlier forms :1 cup-strip feeding Wxlll and a firing abutmentcontinuous will said Wall, an inlet slot for thc cap-strip forn'lecltl'irougii. said side bclow the cannon, and an outlet slot for saidsi'fi'ipthrough the to nbcve the liring abutment, a humn'icr, onactuating le ,1, u cap-st p feeding (log and a hummer rcl'mc'tingg-dogpivoted on opposite sides of thc inner end of the actuating lover, aspring connected at each end mspcclively to one of the dogs for lmldingthem to lilQll work, and :2 main spring conucclcd to the hummer and. tothe uctuatiug lover:

3. A toy cannon formed Wllll u chambered mount, said chamber containingit firing abutment and :1 cap-strip feeding Wall, a hmnmcr, an actuatinglever projecting" at one end through the rear Wull of the mount, acap-strip feeding dog of sheet metal pivoted on one side of the oppositeend of said lever with an engaging plate on its free end formed bybending a portion of said (l g into position to bear against the feedingWall and advance the cup-strip, and with a retaining finger below saidplate, and a hammer retracting dog also of sheet metal pivoted on theopposite side of the inner end of the actl l'ating lever with a. similarmy hand in presence of two subscyibing wit- I bent plate at its free endto engage the dog nesses.

' and a bent finger on the opposlte side of its pivotal axis, and asgring connected to said szben tfinger and to t e. retracting finger ofthefeedlng dog. g

- In testimony wh reof I have hereunto set JOSEPH D. KILGORE.

, Witnesses:

E. H. Fxsmm,

ULIUB T. ZANQ,

